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Greenpeace finds pollution from Italy cruise ship wreck

Greenpeace on Friday warned that chemicals from a cruise ship wreck were oozing into the sea around Italy's picturesque Giglio Island but the environment ministry said the levels were not "significant".

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NASA sees cyclone Irina weaker in Mozambique Channel

Cyclone Irina has lived a long life and caused a lot of trouble, damages and death over the course of its life, and it appears to be finally fading over the Mozambique Channel.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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TacSat-4 enables polar region SatCom experiment

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter HEALY (WAGB 20) successfully experimented with NRL's TacSat-4 communications satellite, Jan. 24, by communicating from the Bering Sea off the western coast of Alaska to Coast Guard ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Effects of flooding on Cairo, Ill.

When faced with a choice between a deluge or a controlled deluge in May 2011 that would protect the city of Cairo, Illinois, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers chose the latter by ordering an intentional breach ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pacific nation may buy Fiji land as climate refuge

(AP) -- Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Australia probes claims turtles, dugongs butchered alive

Australia Friday vowed to investigate claims that turtles and the threatened dugong are being killed to feed an illegal meat trade after images of an animal being butchered alive sparked new concerns.

Biology / Ecology

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'Chum cam' underwater video survey shows that reef sharks thrive in marine reserves

A team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, used video cameras to count Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) inside and outside marine reserv ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Under-ice habitat important for Antarctic krill

The importance of the under-ice habitat for Antarctic krill was probably under-estimated in the past and emphasise the susceptibility of this ecological key species to changes in the sea ice habitat induced ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists survey seabed fractured by Japan quake

Scientists on Thursday launched a mission to the seabed off Japan where a massive quake triggered last year's devastating tsunami, to get their first proper look at the buckled ocean floor.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers discover unknown species at juncture where hot and cold habitats collide

Among the many intriguing aspects of the deep sea, Earth's largest ecosystem, exist environments known as hydrothermal vent systems where hot water surges out from the seafloor. On the flipside the deep sea ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Irina still looping at sea

NASA's Aqua satellite saw Tropical Cyclone Irina making a slow loop in the southern Mozambique Channel for the third day on March 6, 2012. Because of the different weather systems moving through the region, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Warming of two degrees inevitable over Canada: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if zero emissions of greenhouse gases were to be achieved, the world’s temperature would continue to rise by about a quarter of a degree over a decade. That’s a best-case ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 15

New study will help protect vulnerable birds from impacts of climate change

Scientists from PRBO Conservation Science and the Department of Fish and Game have completed an innovative study on the effects of climate change on bird species of greatest concern. This first-of-its-kind study prioritizes ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When your ship comes in

Every day, thousands of cargo containers from around the world pass through our nation's sea ports carrying items we need, and possibly some that are not so welcome: drugs, explosives, chemical, biological, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Effect of vegetation die-off tested on tidal marshland

Consisting of densely vegetated platforms raised slightly above sea level, and interwoven by channels of water meandering inland from the coast, tidal marshlands help buffer against strong storm surges, protect against flooding, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0